National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

An area of low pressure developed over Oklahoma during the night of the 14th. The low then tracked across Missouri and Illinois during the day of the 15th and then turned north and went over Lake Michigan during the night of the 15th. A trough of low pressure extended north from the low and moved across Minnesota and Iowa and into western Wisconsin during the day of the 15th and then across the remainder of Wisconsin during the night. Warm and moist air was brought north into the region ahead of the low and the precipitation initially fell as all rain. Once the trough of the low pressure moved into the area, temperatures starting cooling and this allowed the rain to quickly change over to snow. Quite typical of early season snow storms, snow totals exhibited a wide range with some locations receiving only a trace, while amounts of 6 to 7 inches were reported across Vernon and Grant counties in western Wisconsin. The snow tapered off to flurries during the morning of the 16th as the area of low pressure lifted north across the upper peninsula of Michigan into southern Canada.

Around the local area, the heavy snow was rather localized from parts of western Wisconsin northeast into the central part of the state. The highest snowfall totals reported were 6.9 inches at Lancaster, Wisconsin and 6.5 inches at Viroqua, Wisconsin.


snowfall

Snow totals for November 15-16.

 

            PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
            NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
            955 AM CST WED NOV 16 2005

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS AND TOTAL SNOWDEPTH ACROSS THE AREA
            LOCATION                   COUNTY              SNOWFALL   SNOWDEPTH
            ...IOWA...
            CHARLES CITY COOP          FLOYD                  1.0          1
            CRESCO                     HOWARD                 2.0          1
            DORCHESTER                 ALLAMAKEE              0.5          1
            EDGEWOOD                   CLAYTON                2.1          2
            CLERMONT                   FAYETTE                1.2
            KENDALLVILLE 4N            WINNESHIEK             0.8
            STACYVILLE                 MITCHELL               0.6
            ELKADER 6SSW               CLAYTON                0.9          1
            ELMA                       HOWARD                 0.8          1
            FAYETTE                    FAYETTE                1.6          2
            IONIA 2W                   CHICKASAW              1.7          2
            LANSING 4SE                ALLAMAKEE              1.8          1
            OELWEIN                    FAYETTE                1.8          1
            OSAGE                      MITCHELL               2.0          1
            POSTVILLE                  ALLAMAKEE              1.0          1
            STRAWBERRY POINT           CLAYTON                1.7          2
            WAUCOMA 3N                 WINNESHIEK             0.9          1
            WESTGATE  3N               FAYETTE                0.5
            ST OLAF                    CLAYTON                0.3
            GARNAVILLO                 CLATON                 2.8
            ...MINNESOTA...
            BYRON 3N                   OLMSTED                0.5          0
            CALEDONIA 6S               HOUSTON                2.5          M
            LA CRESCENT 4W             HOUSTON                2.5
            DODGE CENTER               DODGE                  1.0          M
            ELGIN 2SSW                 OLMSTED                1.2          1
            EYOTA 2NE                  OLMSTED                2.0          2
            STEWARTVILLE               OLMSTED                1.6
            ORONOCO                    OLMSTED                1.1
            GRAND MEADOW               MOWER                  2.0          M
            HIGHLAND                   FILLMORE               1.3
            ROCHESTER                  OLMSTED                1.2
            LAKE CITY-COOP             WABASHA                 T           M
            LANESBORO                  FILLMORE               1.0          1
            LYLE 2NE                   MOWER                  0.9
            PRESTON                    FILLMORE               1.5          1
            SPRING GROVE 4N            HOUSTON                2.4          2
            SPRING VALLEY              FILLMORE               2.3          2
            CHATFIELD 4W               OLMSTED                1.1
            ST CHARLES                 WINONA                 1.0
            WINONA DAM 5A              WINONA                 1.0
            THEILMAN 1SSW              WABASHA                0.2          M
            WABASHA                    WABASHA                 T           M
            ZUMBRO FALLS               WABASHA                0.5          1
            WINONA DAM 5A              BUFFALO                1.0          1
            MANTORVILLE 1E             DODGE                  0.3
            GOODVIEW 1W                WINONA                 0.3
            ...WISCONSIN...
            HILLSBORO                  VERNON                 1.5          2
            LA FARGE                   VERNON                 2.0          2
            BLAIR                      TREMPEALEAU            0.5          1
            VOLK FIELD                 JUNEAU                   M          3
            MAUSTON 11S                JUNEAU                 3.2
            CUBA CITY 2NW              GRANT                  1.5          1
            ELK MOUND                  DUNN                   0.3          M
            FOUR CORNERS 13NNE         MONROE                 5.1          5
            FRIENDSHIP                 ADAMS                  2.6          3
            GOODRICH 1E                TAYLOR                 3.0          3
            GAYS MILLS                 CRAWFORD               3.0          3
            HIXTON 5W                  JACKSON                0.7          M
            HOLMEN                     LA CROSSE              2.5          M
            LA CROSSE 5SE              LA CROSSE              2.0          M
            LA CROSSE WFO              LA CROSSE              4.5          4
            LANCASTER 4WSW             GRANT                  6.9          5
            LANCASTER 4WSW             GRANT                  6.9          5
            MATHER 3NW                 JACKSON                2.5          2
            MEDFORD                    TAYLOR                 1.0          1
            NECEDAH 2SE                JUNEAU                 2.1          2
            HUMBIRD                    CLARK                  3.0          M
            LONGWOOD                   CLARK                  1.5          M
            NEILLSVILLE 3SW            CLARK                  2.0          2
            ONTARIO                    VERNON                 2.0          2
            OWEN 3W                    CLARK                  2.0          2
            PRAIRIE DU CHIEN           CRAWFORD               0.7          1
            READSTOWN                  VERNON                 3.2          3
            RICHLAND CENTER            RICHLAND               2.7          2
            STODDARD 3NE               VERNON                 1.0          M
            SPARTA                     MONROE                 1.0          1
            TAYLOR                     JACKSON                1.0          M
            TUNNEL CITY 1S             MONROE                 3.5          M
            VIROQUA                    VERNON                 6.5          7
            WEST SALEM 1NW             LA CROSSE              1.2          1
            WESTBY 1NE                 VERNON                 5.0          4
            WARRENS 5WSW               MONROE                 3.0          M
            RICHLAND CENTER 4W         RICHLAND               3.6
            CASHTON                    MONROE                 2.3
            TOMAH                      MONROE                 1.5
            ONALASKA                   LA CROSSE              1.2
            NEILLSVILLE 4NNE           CLARK                  2.1
            $$